I had my radio off and was jus listing to my car, and I noticed that when i put my brakes on at low speeds, like below 15mph, you can hear them. Whats that mean?


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That it's almost time for a brake job.

yeah. front brakes are easy to do. i did mine for 80 bucks. rotors are 30 a peice at NAPA and pads were 20. those are the cheap pads though the good ones are 40. not worth payin someone 200 to do

Well GS's have 4-wheel ABS. That means your gonna have to change all 4 brakes. That's gonna cost you an arm and a leg to have someone do it.

>Well GS's have 4-wheel ABS. That means your gonna have to
>change all 4 brakes. That's gonna cost you an arm and a leg
>to have someone do it.

Actually GS's do not come with 4 wheel ABS. And even if it did, why would we have to change all 4 brakes at once? Am I missing something?

BTW, just for labor, I paid 40 bucks to have a mechanic resurface the rotors and change the pads on the fronts (not including parts - I use metal master pads which are great, for 55 bucks from Road Race Engineering).

i think he ment gs's come with 4 wheel disc brakes

I'm pretty sure that my fiance's 97 GS came with 4-wheel ABS. There was an 'ABS' light that turned on when the car starts. To me, if the brakes are going bad (the one's with a 4-wheel), it makes sense to change ALL brakes instead of just changing the front or back. Eventually, the other set will go bad so why not change them in one swipe.

>I'm pretty sure that my fiance's 97 GS came with 4-wheel
>ABS. There was an 'ABS' light that turned on when the car
>starts. To me, if the brakes are going bad (the one's with a
>4-wheel), it makes sense to change ALL brakes instead of
>just changing the front or back. Eventually, the other set
>will go bad so why not change them in one swipe.

Actually, that is not true, because our cars use a lot more of the front brake pads than the rear. Most of the braking pressure is applied to the fronts. I have changed the front pads twice already, and have never changed the rears. Most people hardly ever have to change the rears.

Hey, does anyone have some good instructions on how to change the front pads. Id like to do it myself but im kinda new at repairs so i also dont want to screw up. Thanks

why the hell would you pay someone todo it, its not hard at all... get someone to help you do it, its def worth the 80 bucks doing it plus you learn how to do it and do it on all your cars... that 80 bucks adds up man

Either
(1) Your brakes are dirty. Solution: Clean off the brake dust with a good amount of water.

(2) Your pads are going. Solution: Change your pads. If you aren't sure which pads are making the noise, take off the wheels and check which doesn't have much of the pad left. Most likely it's the front as they don't last as long on FWD cars.